ALPHA TRUST

Spending focus for this trust

This trust's data covers the financial year September 2024 to August 2025 academies accounts return (AAR).

Data for academies in a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) includes a share of MAT central finance.

Non-educational support staff and services

High 3 out of 5 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Trinity School £1,104 per pupil
2 The Gilberd School £1,004 per pupil
3 Colchester County High School for Girls £945 per pupil

Other costs

High 1 out of 5 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester County High School for Girls £208 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 1 out of 5 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester County High School for Girls £4,503 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 4 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manningtree High School £345 per pupil
2 Home Farm Primary School £330 per pupil
3 Colchester County High School for Girls £298 per pupil
4 The Gilberd School £53 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 4 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester County High School for Girls £19 per square metre
2 Manningtree High School £18 per square metre
3 The Trinity School £17 per square metre
4 Home Farm Primary School £17 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium 4 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manningtree High School £113 per pupil
2 The Trinity School £94 per pupil
3 The Gilberd School £61 per pupil
4 Home Farm Primary School £47 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 4 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Trinity School £169 per pupil
2 Manningtree High School £143 per pupil
3 The Gilberd School £128 per pupil
4 Home Farm Primary School £98 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 3 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester County High School for Girls £171 per pupil
2 Manningtree High School £159 per pupil
3 Home Farm Primary School £116 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 3 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manningtree High School £46 per square metre
2 The Trinity School £43 per square metre
3 The Gilberd School £41 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 3 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manningtree High School £4,994 per pupil
2 The Gilberd School £4,772 per pupil
3 The Trinity School £4,431 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 2 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manningtree High School £869 per pupil
2 Home Farm Primary School £619 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 1 out of 5 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Home Farm Primary School £156 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 4 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester County High School for Girls £678 per pupil
2 Manningtree High School £463 per pupil
3 The Gilberd School £409 per pupil
4 The Trinity School £406 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 2 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Home Farm Primary School £38 per square metre
2 Colchester County High School for Girls £32 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low 2 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Gilberd School £97 per pupil
2 The Trinity School £84 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 1 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester County High School for Girls £51 per pupil

Utilities

Low 1 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Gilberd School £8 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low 1 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Trinity School £48 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 1 out of 5 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Home Farm Primary School £4,178 per pupil